Vitamins and Minerals: why are they needed?

Tak­ing vit­a­min com­plex­es is a sim­ple and effec­tive way to make up for the defi­cien­cy in vit­a­mins and min­er­als nec­es­sary to main­tain immu­ni­ty, espe­cial­ly dur­ing peri­ods of pos­si­ble beriberi and colds (win­ter, spring).

Replen­ish­ment of the body with vit­a­mins is espe­cial­ly impor­tant when:
• improp­er and unbal­anced diet, also dur­ing diets or fast­ing;
• phys­i­cal inac­tiv­i­ty;
• stress;
• men­tal and phys­i­cal stress;
• adverse envi­ron­men­tal fac­tors, smok­ing;
• recov­ery of the body after ill­ness, surgery or infec­tion.
• and to sup­port the health and well­ness of ath­letes, active­ly grow­ing teenagers and the elder­ly.

Let’s analyze the composition of one of the most popular vitamins — Arnebia Multivitamin + Minerals in effervescent tablets. What is hidden inside and can it help?

Vit­a­min com­plex Arnebia Mul­ti­vi­t­a­min + Min­er­als has a pow­er­ful antiox­i­dant activ­i­ty, helps main­tain health, pre­vent pos­si­ble beriberi and block exces­sive activ­i­ty of free rad­i­cals that cause accel­er­at­ed aging of the skin and the whole body, as well as lead­ing to a vari­ety of, often seri­ous dis­eases. It is pop­u­lar as a source of mag­ne­sium, potas­si­um, cal­ci­um and 10 dif­fer­ent vit­a­mins nec­es­sary for the heart and blood ves­sels, which are involved in a vari­ety of meta­bol­ic process­es in the body. Rec­om­mend­ed espe­cial­ly dur­ing beriberi (win­ter and spring).

Tak­ing dietary sup­ple­ments at the rec­om­mend­ed dose (2 effer­ves­cent tablets per day) pro­vides the dai­ly require­ment for:

• cal­ci­um by 16%* 160 mg
• mag­ne­sium by 15%* 60 mg
• vit­a­min C for 200%* 120 mg
• vit­a­min E for 200%* 20 mg
• vit­a­min B1 for 200%* 2.8 mg
• vit­a­min B2 for 200%* 3.2 mg
• vit­a­min B6 for 200%* 4 mg
• vit­a­min B12 for 200%* 0.002 mg
• Niacin 200%* 36 mg
• pan­tothenic acid 150%* 9 mg
• folic acid for 200%* 0.4 mg
• Biotin 160%* 0.08 mg
* from “Aver­age dai­ly require­ment of an adult (ADI), Appen­dix 2 to TR CU 022/2011“
Bio­log­i­cal­ly active food sup­ple­ment (not a med­i­cine).

Cal­ci­um vital for the for­ma­tion of strong bones and teeth, as well as for the main­te­nance of healthy gums. It is respon­si­ble for the reg­u­lar heart­beat and the trans­mis­sion of nerve impuls­es. Cal­ci­um low­ers cho­les­terol lev­els and helps pre­vent car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­ease. It is required for mus­cle growth and con­trac­tion.

Mag­ne­sium takes part in var­i­ous enzy­mat­ic reac­tions, includ­ing ener­gy pro­duc­tion, lipid and pro­tein syn­the­sis, nerve impulse trans­mis­sion, mus­cle con­trac­tion and relax­ation, bone for­ma­tion, and helps reg­u­late cal­ci­um metab­o­lism. Mag­ne­sium is nec­es­sary for the car­dio­vas­cu­lar sys­tem, it is required for car­diac activ­i­ty and for relax­ing the walls of blood ves­sels, thus low­er­ing blood pres­sure. 60% of mag­ne­sium in the body is in the bones, approx­i­mate­ly 27% in the mus­cles, the rest is dis­trib­uted in the blood and tis­sues.

Vit­a­min E as an antiox­i­dant, it pre­vents cell dam­age in the process of sup­press­ing lipid oxi­da­tion and the for­ma­tion of free rad­i­cals. Pro­tects oth­er fat-sol­u­ble vit­a­mins from destruc­tion dur­ing oxi­da­tion and helps the uti­liza­tion of vit­a­min A. Vit­a­min E pro­tects low-den­si­ty lipopro­teins from oxi­da­tion, which means the body from the devel­op­ment of dis­eases of the car­dio­vas­cu­lar sys­tem. Vit­a­min E is impor­tant for reduc­ing inflam­ma­tion and mus­cle pain dur­ing vig­or­ous exer­cise. It also inhibits platelet aggre­ga­tion and acti­vates the immune sys­tem. Vit­a­min E is impor­tant for peo­ple suf­fer­ing from spe­cif­ic dis­eases such as Alzheimer’s dis­ease and dia­betes, as well as for peo­ple prone to eye dis­eases.

Vit­a­min B6 (pyri­dox­ine) takes part in the syn­the­sis of nucle­ic acids (RNA and DNA), which con­tain genet­ic infor­ma­tion for cell repro­duc­tion and nor­mal cell growth. It acti­vates many enzymes, helps the for­ma­tion of red blood cells and anti­bod­ies, helps main­tain the sodi­um-potas­si­um bal­ance in the body. Vit­a­min B6 is need­ed by the ner­vous sys­tem and brain for their nor­mal func­tion­ing. In addi­tion, pyri­dox­ine is able to pre­vent arte­rioscle­ro­sis, reduce the risk of car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­ease and alle­vi­ate PMS.

Vit­a­min B2 (riboflavin) is essen­tial for red blood cell for­ma­tion, anti­body pro­duc­tion, cel­lu­lar res­pi­ra­tion and growth. It helps relieve eye fatigue and is impor­tant for the pre­ven­tion and treat­ment of cataracts. Riboflavin pro­motes the metab­o­lism of car­bo­hy­drates, fats and pro­teins. Became pop­u­lar as a rem­e­dy for migraines and headaches. One of the the­o­ries of migraine occur­rence is insuf­fi­cient activ­i­ty of brain cells. Riboflavin is an essen­tial fac­tor in the pro­duc­tion of ener­gy by cells. In addi­tion, he takes part in the for­ma­tion of nicoti­namide in the body.

Vit­a­min B1 (thi­amine) improves blood cir­cu­la­tion and is involved in the process of hematopoiesis, car­bo­hy­drate metab­o­lism, as well as in the pro­duc­tion of hydrochlo­ric acid, which is impor­tant for prop­er diges­tion. Thi­amine opti­mizes cog­ni­tive activ­i­ty and brain func­tion. It has a pos­i­tive effect on growth and devel­op­ment, learn­ing abil­i­ty, gives ener­gy and nor­mal­izes appetite. Thi­amine is essen­tial for prop­er mus­cle tone in the intestines, stom­ach, and heart. Vit­a­min B1 is also an antiox­i­dant that pro­tects the body from aging, the neg­a­tive effects of alco­hol and smok­ing.

Vit­a­min B12 in tan­dem with folic acid, it takes part in many bio­chem­i­cal process­es in the body, such as cell divi­sion and the for­ma­tion of the myelin sheath of nerve cells. Thus, it is respon­si­ble for growth and devel­op­ment and also pro­tects our ner­vous sys­tem. Vit­a­min B12 gives the body strength and ener­gy, alle­vi­at­ing var­i­ous con­di­tions of the body, such as chron­ic fatigue syn­drome, asth­ma, depres­sion, mul­ti­ple scle­ro­sis, her­pes zoster. Vit­a­min B12 is impor­tant in reduc­ing the lev­el of homo­cys­teine, a sub­stance that increas­es the risk of heart dis­ease. Par­tic­i­pates in the for­ma­tion of red blood cells and helps the absorp­tion of iron. Vit­a­min B12 is asso­ci­at­ed with the syn­the­sis of acetyl­choline, a neu­ro­trans­mit­ter respon­si­ble for mem­o­ry and learn­ing. Pre­vents neu­ro­log­i­cal changes that occur with age.

Ascor­bic acid (Vit­a­min C) It is an impor­tant antiox­i­dant that pro­tects cells and cho­les­terol from oxida­tive dam­age. It helps restore vit­a­min E in the body and can increase lev­els of glu­tathione, anoth­er pow­er­ful antiox­i­dant. All this pre­vents pre­ma­ture aging of skin cells, the for­ma­tion of cataracts and many oth­er neg­a­tive con­se­quences of free rad­i­cal oxi­da­tion. As a true antiox­i­dant, vit­a­min C is impor­tant in reduc­ing the risk of heart dis­ease and ath­er­o­scle­ro­sis. It is essen­tial for the pro­duc­tion of col­la­gen, an impor­tant com­po­nent of con­nec­tive tis­sues, bones and blood ves­sels. And of course, vit­a­min C is nec­es­sary for the immune sys­tem to func­tion prop­er­ly. It con­cen­trates in white blood cells, increas­ing their activ­i­ty, vit­a­min C improves the anti­body response. Helps in the pro­duc­tion of anti-stress hor­mones and inter­fer­on.

Niacin (nicoti­namide, vit­a­min PP) is one of the most effec­tive cho­les­terol-low­er­ing agents, which improves blood cir­cu­la­tion. Nicoti­namide is essen­tial for healthy skin, it sup­ports the func­tion­ing of the ner­vous sys­tem; par­tic­i­pates in the metab­o­lism of car­bo­hy­drates, fats and pro­teins, as well as in the pro­duc­tion of hydrochlo­ric acid, which is impor­tant for prop­er diges­tion. Nicoti­namide is involved in the secre­tion of bile and gas­tric flu­ids, as well as in the syn­the­sis of sex hor­mones. Impor­tant in var­i­ous men­tal ill­ness­es, nicoti­namide enhances mem­o­ry.

Pan­tothenic Acid (Vit­a­min B5) helps the adren­al glands pro­duce the nec­es­sary amount of stress hor­mones, which makes it pos­si­ble to suc­cess­ful­ly sur­vive stress and man­age the body in con­di­tions of chron­ic stress. Pan­tothenic acid relieves fatigue, increas­es the body’s sta­mi­na, and even relieves aller­gy symp­toms and pre­vents some forms of ane­mia. In addi­tion, it helps con­vert fats, car­bo­hy­drates and pro­teins into ener­gy, par­tic­i­pates in the for­ma­tion of anti­bod­ies and neu­ro­trans­mit­ters. Pan­tothenic acid is nec­es­sary for the nor­mal func­tion­ing of the gas­troin­testi­nal tract and may be use­ful in com­bat­ing depres­sion and anx­i­ety.

Biotin (vit­a­min H) con­tributes to the growth and devel­op­ment of cells, the pro­duc­tion of fat­ty acids, is involved in the metab­o­lism of car­bo­hy­drates, fats and pro­teins, as well as in the uti­liza­tion of B vit­a­mins. Biotin is nec­es­sary for healthy hair and skin, pre­vents hair loss in men. Con­tributes to the nor­mal func­tion­ing of the sweat glands, nerve tis­sues and bone mar­row. Biotin is known to be pro­duced by a group of friend­ly bac­te­ria liv­ing in the gut, Bifi­dobac­teri­um bifidus. There­fore, if you are defi­cient in biotin, it is also rec­om­mend­ed to take pro­bi­ot­ic sup­ple­ments con­tain­ing this ben­e­fi­cial bac­teri­um. Biotin helps with neona­tal seb­or­rhe­ic der­mati­tis and may be use­ful for improv­ing blood sug­ar con­trol in dia­betes.

Folic acid impor­tant for brain func­tion, nec­es­sary for old­er peo­ple with mem­o­ry prob­lems. In addi­tion, it sup­ports the body dur­ing depres­sion. Folic acid pre­vents the accu­mu­la­tion of homo­cys­teine, thus, it reduces the risk of heart dis­ease in peo­ple with a genet­ic pre­dis­po­si­tion. Main­tain­ing a low con­cen­tra­tion of homo­cys­teine ​​helps pre­vent osteo­poro­sis. It is impos­si­ble not to men­tion one of the impor­tant func­tions of folic acid — the pre­ven­tion of defects in the brain tube in new­borns (incom­plete devel­op­ment of the spinal cord and / or brain), as well as the for­ma­tion of a cleft palate (cleft palate).

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